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Many countries just ship their plastic waste overseas.

In Orwell’s dystopian novel, the government uses Newspeak to control thoughts by controlling language. But thoughts do not require language.

About the project The goal of driving more progress across the world—scientifically, politically, economically, socially, etc—is one shared by many. And yet, debates about the best way to maximize progress […]

Gravitational waves are the last signatures that are emitted by merging black holes. What happens when these two phenomena meet in space?

This collection of learning and development quotes serves as a reminder of the meaning and purpose behind this important work.

Popular media often frame scientists as having a cold, sterile view of the world. That couldn’t be further from the truth.

When the average person has a “theory,” they’re just guessing. But for a scientist, a theory is the pinnacle of what we can achieve.

To do more, it sometimes pays to do nothing at all.

Cognitive psychologist and poet Keith Holyoak explores whether artificial intelligence could ever achieve poetic authenticity.

In all of science, no figures have changed the world more than Einstein and Newton. Will anyone ever be as revolutionary again?

Sex can be a death trap even for modern toad and frog species.

We are generally taught that there is an arc of history — an inevitable path of progress that leads to modern society. Maybe it isn’t true.

We’ll never be able to extract any information about what’s inside a black hole’s event horizon. Here’s why a singularity is inevitable.

Empty, intergalactic space is just 2.725 K: not even three degrees above absolute zero. But the Boomerang Nebula is even colder.

To gain its full value, L&D leaders must be open to challenging assumptions about how they approach on-the-job training.

It is all too easy for humans to fall into the cognitive trap of thinking that an entity that can use language fluently is sentient or intelligent.

After 10,000 years of civilization, have we figured out what virtue is?

Two very different ideas, wormholes and quantum entanglement, might be fundamentally related. What would “ER = EPR” mean for our Universe?

Forget these scientific myths to better understand your brain and yourself.

While many imagine terrifying futures run by AI, Rohit Krishnan is quietly identifying real problems and solutions.

Tighten your ‘thopter seatbelts and get those worm-hooks ready: we’re going to unpack the hype surrounding Dune, both the book and the movie.

Fear of being scammed can lead us to make decisions that go against our values and goals — both as individuals and as a society.

In determining what qualifies as solid science, controversy is inevitable.

Unlock the paradoxes of life through poetic realism.

Assume we can make new thylacines, mammoths, diprotodons, or sabre-tooth cats. Great. Now where do we put them?

The anthropic principle has fascinating scientific uses, where the simple fact of our existence holds deep physical lessons. Don’t abuse it!

There are billions of potentially inhabited planets in the Milky Way alone. Here’s how NASA will at last discover and measure them.

In general relativity, white holes are just as mathematically plausible as black holes. Black holes are real; what about white holes?

Wizbang innovations capture the public’s imagination, but thoughtful, incremental development is often more valuable to those in need.

Dennis Klatt developed trailblazing text-to-speech systems before losing his own voice to cancer.